JPH04120897A - Transmitter existence announcing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To announce a place, where a transmitter is existent, to a user by responding to an existence confirming operation on the transmitter side by executing the operation on the side of a main body equipment, and transmitting either a sound or light or the both sound and light. CONSTITUTION:When the existence of the transmitter is not clear and it is necessary for the user to confirm the place, an operation ON/OFF switching part 2, which is normally set in an OFF state excepting for such a case, is changed over to an ON state. Then, a radio wave transmission part 3 is operated to transmit weak radio waves 7, and a reception part 5 receives these weak radio waves 7 and executes a signal processing required for operating an announcement part 6. The announcement part 6 emits either the sound or the light or both sound and light according to a signal from the reception part 5. Thus, the place where the transmitter exists can be announced to the user.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a transmitter that operates a main device in a system device that enables remote control operation, such as a television receiver, a VTR1 satellite broadcast receiver, etc. The present invention relates to a transmitter location recognition system that allows the transmitter to receive radio waves transmitted from a main device and to notify the user of the location of the device by emitting sound and/or light.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, although transmitters in system equipment such as television receivers and VTRs are physically independent and can be moved freely, they have not had a function that allows their location to be recognized.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

Therefore, its location is often unknown, causing inconvenience to the user.

According to the present invention, when a location confirmation operation is performed on the main device side, the transmissor side responds to the operation, and the user is notified of the location of the transmisor by emitting one or both of sound and light. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a transmisor location notification system that makes it possible to do so.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to solve the two problems, the present invention provides an operation on/off switching section in a system device consisting of a main device section and a transmitter section that emits operation signals for wirelessly remote controlling the main device. and a radio wave transmitting section that emits a signal radio wave in response to ON information from the operation on/off switching section; a receiving section that receives the signal radio wave from the radio wave transmitting section; The present invention provides a transmitter location notification system comprising a transmitter section equipped with a notification section that emits either sound and light or both sound and light.

(Operation) When the location of the transmitter that operates the main unit side equipment is unknown and you want to confirm its location in system equipment that allows remote control operation such as a television receiver, VTR1 satellite broadcast receiver, etc. , operates the main device to transmit radio waves, which are received by the transmitter and emit a notification sound to inform the user of the location of the transmitter.

[Example] Hereinafter, a transmitter location notification system according to the present invention will be explained in detail based on the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of essential parts of an embodiment of a transmitter location notification system according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram for understanding the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a main unit that includes an operation on/off switching section 2 and a radio wave transmitting section 3, and 2 is an operation on/off switch section 2.
The off-switching section is turned on only when confirming the location of the transmitter to operate the radio wave transmitting section 3, and is kept off otherwise.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a radio wave transmitting section, which operates only when the operation on/off switching section 2 is in the on state, and transmits weak radio waves. Reference numeral 4 denotes a transmitter part comprising a receiving section 5 and a notification section 6, 5 a receiving section that receives weak radio waves from the radio wave transmitting section 3 and performs signal processing necessary to operate the notification section 6; This is a notification section that notifies the user by emitting one or both of sound and light based on the signal from the receiving section. 7 indicates a weak radio wave transmitted from the radio wave transmitter 3, and 8 indicates a building.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be explained. If the transmitter's location is currently unknown and the user wants to check its location, the transmitter should be turned off and the operation turned on/off.
The off switching section 2 is switched to the on state. Then, the radio wave transmitter 3 is activated and transmits a weak radio wave 7. The receiving section 5 receives the weak radio waves 7 and performs signal processing necessary to activate the notification section 6. The notification section 6 emits one or both of sound and light in response to the signal from the receiving section 5 to notify the user of the location of the transmitter, thereby achieving the purpose. After achieving this purpose, the operation on/off switching unit 2
Turn it off.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, according to the present invention, when a transmitter is to be used and its location is unknown and it is desired to know its location, the transmitter can be transmitted by performing a location confirmation operation on the main device side. It will be possible for the Misoku side to respond to the operation and emit sound, light, etc. to inform the user of the location of the transmitter. The trend toward common use of transmitters due to increased functionality, and the qualitative improvement of housing conditions in Japan such as an increase in the number of rooms, means that the transmitter is always in the same room as the main device being operated. It is possible that the transmitter may be moved to another room without necessarily being present in the room.Also, when receiving satellite broadcasting in the United States, where there are many rooms, the transmitter may be operated from one room, and the transmitter may be moved to another room. UH
Transmitters are increasingly being used as FHF thermal radio repeaters to operate satellite broadcasting receivers in other rooms, but transmitters are moved from room to room and their location is sometimes unknown. Things may become unclear. In such cases, the present invention is effective and has great advantages.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of essential parts of an embodiment of a transmitter location notification system according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram for understanding the present invention. In the figure, 1 is the main unit, 2 is the operation on/off switch, 3 is the radio wave transmitter, 4 is the transmitter, 5 is the receiver, 6 is the notification part, 7 is the weak radio wave, and 8 is the building. be. Patent applicant: Fujitsu General Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a system device consisting of a main device section and a transmitter section that emits operation signals for wirelessly remote controlling the main device, an operation on/off switching section and a signal based on ON information from the operation on/off switching section are used. A main device unit including a radio wave transmitter that emits radio waves, a receiver that receives signal radio waves from the radio wave transmitter, and a notification that emits either sound and light or both sound and light based on the signal from the receiver. 1. A transmitter location notification system comprising: a transmitter section; and a transmitter section.